Srimad Bhagavatam 1.2.9

dharmasya hy āpavargyasya
nārtho ’rthāyopakalpate
nārthasya dharmaikāntasya
kāmo lābhāya hi smṛtaḥ

Translation

All occupational engagements are certainly meant for ultimate liberation. They should never be performed for material gain. Furthermore, according to sages, one who is engaged in the ultimate occupational service should never use material gain to cultivate sense gratification.

Srimad Bhagavatam 1.2.13

ŚB 1.2.13

अत: पुम्भिर्द्विजश्रेष्ठा वर्णाश्रमविभागश: ।
स्वनुष्ठितस्य धर्मस्य संसिद्धिर्हरितोषणम् ॥ १३ ॥

ataḥ pumbhir dvija-śreṣṭhā
varṇāśrama-vibhāgaśaḥ
svanuṣṭhitasya dharmasya
saṁsiddhir hari-toṣaṇam

Translation

O best among the twice-born, it is therefore concluded that the highest perfection one can achieve by discharging the duties prescribed for one’s own occupation according to caste divisions and orders of life is to please the Personality of Godhead

Krishna says in Bhagavad Gita that everyone has to work and that  one can not even maintain a physical body  without work .

In every species of life, this principle applies . No person or creature can stop doing something not even for a moment,  either physically,  mentally, or intellectually.

Thus, the practical Srimad Bhagavatam recommends a  therapeutic process of linking ones natural occupational activities in a sacrifice toward Divinity for the purposes of understanding original occupations and the origin of all activity.

This can be done either directly or indirectly, the Vedas say.

The peripheral goals of the Vedas  always link to the cor values of the Vedas when properly understood they should be  heard with attention from the pure person Bhagavat , meaning a person who has understood the Vedas.

Depending on one’s circumstances, one chooses a  path suitable that is  recommended . Such recommendations are given in progression modes  , one should stay on the elevator of sacrifice and not hop off on one floor and stay there . One floor may be suitable for one stage of life but not for all stages ..

Everything about the Vedas is perfectly complete and one can find completeness within oneself at all stages of life .

The complete systems of social sciences are fully described in the Srimad Bhagavatam from start to finish , all kinds of people at  every stage of their lives are facilitated , and the Param Gatim , the ultimate goal of pure loving services to Krishna the Supreme Personality of Godhead is given

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